| When is it we don't usually think about whipping up a | | | | Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. / Yield: About 3 |
| batch of pumpkin cookies until Halloween? I guess | | | | dozen cookies |
| that's when the pumpkins are ripe for the picking. The | | | | In a large bowl beat margarine and sugar until smooth. |
| enticing aroma of freshly baked cookies fills your | | | | Beat in the egg, vanilla and pumpkin until creamy. Add |
| home with a warmth and coziness unlike anything else. | | | | dry ingredients and mix just until blended. Do not |
| Here's a great tasting recipe for Pumpkin Cookies that | | | | over-beat. |
| is ideal for all the pumpkin pie lovers in your life: | | | | Drop cookie dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto |
| Ingredients: | | | | lightly greased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart and |
| 1/2 Cup softened margarine | | | | bake for 15 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and |
| 3/4 Cup brown sugar | | | | cool on rack. |
| 1 Egg | | | | With Halloween, of course, comes the decorating of |
| 1 tsp. Vanilla extract | | | | pumpkins. You can chose to either carve your pumpkin |
| 1 Cup canned pumpkin | | | | into a traditional jack-o-lantern or Halloween design, or |
| 2 Cups all purpose flour | | | | you can opt for the more modern technique of painted |
| 1 tsp. Baking soda | | | | pumpkins. There are many styles and designs from |
| 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon | | | | which to choose. |
| 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg | | | | If you give it a try you won't be disappointed. For |
| 1/2 tsp. Ginger | | | | Halloween, even the "not so perfect" ones will work |
| 1 Cup raisins (optional) | | | | great! You shouldn't be out for perfection, just pure, |
| Directions: | | | | clean fun. |